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Lives . . . of the

FOR EVERY DAY OF THE YEAR

In Accord with the Norms and Principles of the New Roman Calendar

Revision of the Original Edition of REV. HUGO HOEVER, S.O.Cist., Ph.D.

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CATHOLIC BOOK PUBLISHING CORP. New Jersey CONTENTS , Dec. 20 ...... 514 Anselm, Apr. 21 ...... 158 Achilleus, May 12 ...... 188 Ansgar, Feb. 3 ...... 60 Adalbert, Apr. 23 ...... 162 Anthelm, June 26 ...... 256 Adelaide, Dec. 16 ...... 510 Anthony Mary Claret, Adele, Dec. 24 ...... 520 Oct. 24 ...... 445 Adeline, Bl., Oct. 20 . . . . . 441 Anthony of Egypt, Jan. 17 35 Adelphus, Sept. 11 ...... 378 Anthony Middleton, Bl., Adrian of , May 6 ...... 181 Jan. 9 ...... 26 , Agatha, Feb. 5 ...... 62 June 13 ...... 235 Agnes, Jan. 21 ...... 39 Anthony Zaccaria, July 5 . 273 Albert the Great, Nov. 15 . 474 Anysius, Dec. 30 ...... 527 , Mar. 1 ...... 87 Apollinaris, Jan. 8 ...... 24 Alda (Aldobrandesca), Bl., Apollinaris and Compan- Apr. 26 ...... 165 ions, Bl., Sept. 12 . . . . . 378 Alexander, Apr. 22 ...... 160 Apollonia, Feb. 9 ...... 65 All Saints, Nov. 1 ...... 456 Apollonius, Apr. 18 ...... 155 All Souls, Nov. 2 ...... 457 Aristedes, Aug. 31 ...... 364 , Arsenius, July 19 ...... 297 June 21 ...... 246 Assumption, Aug. 15 . . . . 339 , Athanasius, May 2 ...... 174 Aug. 1 ...... 317 Athanasius the Athonite, , Dec. 7 ...... 500 André Bessette, Bl., Jan. 6 22 July 5 ...... 274 Andrew, Nov. 30 ...... 492 Audry, June 23 ...... 251 Andrew Dung-Lac and , Companions, Nov. 24 . 485 May 27 ...... 213 Andrew Fournet, May 13 . 189 , Andrew Kim Taegon and Aug. 28 ...... 358 Companions, Sept. 20 . 390 Aurelius, July 27 ...... 311 Angela Merici, Jan. 27 . . . 49 Ann, July 26 ...... 309 , June 11 ...... 232 Annunciation, Mar. 25 . . . 121 Barry, Sept. 25 ...... 396 Ansegisus, July 20 ...... 298 Bartholomew, Aug. 24 . . . 352 6 7 CONTENTS Basil the Great, Jan. 2 . . . 15 Cajetan, Aug. 7 ...... 327 Bathildis, Jan. 30 ...... 53 Callistus I, Oct. 14 ...... 428 , May 25 ...... 208 Camillus de Lellis, July 14 . 288 Benedict, July 11 ...... 283 Carina and Companions, (Bennet), Nov. 7 ...... 464 Jan. 12 ...... 29 Carmel, Our Lady of Benedict Labre, Mount, July 16 ...... 293 Apr. 16 ...... 152 Casimir, Mar. 4 ...... 92 Benjamin, Mar. 31 ...... 129 Catherine Labouré, Berard and Companions, Nov. 25 ...... 486 Jan. 16 ...... 34 Catherine de Ricci, Bernard, Aug. 20 ...... 347 Feb. 13 ...... 69 Bernardine of , , May 20 ...... 201 Apr. 29 ...... 170 Bernardino Realino, Catherine of , July 2 ...... 267 Mar. 24 ...... 119 Bernward, Nov. 20 ...... 480 Cecilia, Nov. 22 ...... 483 Bertille, Nov. 6 ...... 463 Celine, Oct. 21 ...... 442 Bertin, Sept. 5 ...... 369 Chaeremon, Dec. 22 . . . . 517 Bertrand, Bl., Sept. 6 . . . . 370 Charles Borromeo, Nov. 4 460 Bibiana, Dec. 2 ...... 494 , Bl., Birth of Mary, Sept. 8 . . . . 373 Mar. 2 ...... 88 Blase, Feb. 3 ...... 59 Charles Lwanga and Blessed of Com- Companions, June 3 . . 222 piègne, July 17 ...... 294 Christmas Day, Dec. 25 . . 520 , July 15 . . . . 291 Christopher, July 25 . . . . . 308 Boniface, June 5 ...... 224 Clare, Aug. 11 ...... 332 , Claude de la Colombiere, July 23 ...... 303 Feb. 15 ...... 72 Bridgid (Bride) of Ireland, Clement, Nov. 23 ...... 483 Feb. 1 ...... 56 Colette, Mar. 6 ...... 94 , Oct. 6 ...... 418 Columban, Nov. 23 . . . . . 484 Conrad of Piacenza, , Feb. 19 ...... 76 Aug. 26 ...... 355 Constantius, Sept. 23 . . . . 395 CONTENTS 8 Cornelius, Sept. 16 . . . . . 383 , Cosmas, Sept. 26 ...... 398 Jan. 4 ...... 19 Cunegundes, Mar. 3 . . . . 90 Elphege, Apr. 19 ...... 156 of Carthage, Emilina, Bl., Oct. 27 . . . . . 449 Sept. 16 ...... 383 Ephrem, June 9 ...... 230 Cyril, Feb. 14 ...... 70 Epiphany (Jan. 6 or Sun- , day after Jan. 1) ...... 21 June 27 ...... 258 Epipodius, Apr. 22 ...... 160 Cyril of , Ethelbert, Feb. 24 ...... 81 Mar. 18 ...... 110 Ethelreda, June 23 ...... 251 Eucherius, Feb. 20 ...... 77 Damasus I, Dec. 11 . . . . . 504 Eulogius, Mar. 11 ...... 101 Damian, Sept. 26 ...... 398 Euplius, Aug. 12 ...... 334 Dedication of Churches of Vercelli, of Peter and Paul, Aug. 2 ...... 319 Nov. 18 ...... 479 Dedication of St. John Fabian, Jan. 20 ...... 38 Lateran, Nov. 9 ...... 466 Felicity, Mar. 7 ...... 95 Dedication of St. Mary of Felix, July 27 ...... 311 the Snows, Aug. 5 . . . . 324 Fiacre, Aug. 30 ...... 363 Deicolus, Jan. 18 ...... 36 Fidelis, Apr. 24 ...... 163 Demetrius, Oct. 26 ...... 448 Finbar, Sept. 25 ...... 396 Denis and Companions, Firminus, Oct. 11 ...... 425 Oct. 9 ...... 422 First Martyrs of Church Desideratus, May 8 . . . . . 182 of , June 30 . . . . 265 Dominic, Aug. 8 ...... 328 Flora, Oct. 5 ...... 416 Dominic Savio, Mar. 9 . . . 99 , Dec. 1 ...... 493 Donatian, May 24 ...... 207 Frances Xavier Cabrini, Dymphna, May 15 ...... 193 Nov. 13 ...... 471 Eberhard, Bl., Aug. 14 . . . 338 Frances of Rome, Mar. 9 . 98 Edward Jones, Bl., May 6 181 Francis of , Oct. 4 . . 413 Elizabeth of Hungary, Francis Caracciolo, Nov. 17 ...... 477 June 4 ...... 223 Elizabeth of Portugal, Francis di Girolamo, July 4 ...... 271 May 11 ...... 186 9 CONTENTS Francis of Paola, Apr. 2 . . 132 Godric of Finchale, , Jan. 24 44 May 21 ...... 202 , Dec. 3 . . . 495 Gontran, Mar. 28 ...... 126 Frederick, July 18 ...... 296 Gothard (Godehard), Fulbert, Apr. 10 ...... 143 May 4 ...... 178 Gregory VII, May 25 . . . . . 209 the , Gregory Barbarigo, Sept. 29 ...... 403 June 18 ...... 243 Gabriel of Our Lady of Gregory the Great, Sorrows, Feb. 27 . . . . . 84 Sept. 3 ...... 367 Gatian, Dec. 18 ...... 512 Gregory Nazianzen, Gaucherius, Apr. 9 ...... 143 Jan. 2 ...... 16 Gaudentius, Oct. 25 . . . . . 447 , July 8 ...... 279 , Apr. 11 . 146 Guadalupe, Our Lady of, , Jan. 3 ...... 18 Dec. 12 ...... 506 Gennaro, Sept. 19 ...... 388 Guardian Angels, Oct. 2 . . 411 Geoffrey, Nov. 8 ...... 465 Guntra mn us, Mar. 28 . . . . 126 George, Apr. 23 ...... 161 Guy (Vignotelli), June 12 . 233 George, July 27 ...... 311 George Swallowell, Bl., Harvey (Herve), June 17 . 241 July 24 ...... 305 Hedwig, Oct. 16 ...... 431 Gerald, Dec. 5 ...... 498 Helena, Aug. 18 ...... 345 Gerald of Aurillac, Oct. 13 427 Henry II, July 13 ...... 286 Gerard of Brogne, Oct. 3 . 412 Heribert (Herbert), Gerard Majella, Oct. 16 . . 433 Mar. 16 ...... 107 Germaine Cousin, Herman the Cripple, Bl., June 15 ...... 239 Sept. 25 ...... 397 Germanus, May 28 . . . . . 213 Hilary, Jan. 13 ...... 31 Gertrude, Nov. 16 ...... 476 Hippolytus, Aug. 13 . . . . . 336 Ghislain (Gislenus), Holy Innocents, Dec. 28 . . 525 Oct. 10 ...... 424 Hugh, Apr. 1 ...... 131 Gildas the Wise, Jan. 29 . 52 Hyacinth, Aug. 17 ...... 342 Giles, Sept. 1 ...... 365 Gisele, Bl., May 7 ...... 182 , Godfrey, Nov. 8 ...... 465 Oct. 17 ...... 434 CONTENTS 10 , John Baptist de la Salle, July 31 ...... 315 Apr. 7 ...... 140 Ildefonsus, Jan. 23 ...... 43 , Nov. 26 488 , John Bosco, Jan. 31 . . . . 54 Dec. 8 ...... 501 John Boste, July 24 . . . . . 305 Ingrid of Sweden, Sept. 2 . 366 John de Brebeuf and , June 28 ...... 259 Companions, Oct. 19 . . 438 , Dec. 20 ...... 514 John of Capistrano, and Com- Oct. 23 ...... 444 panions, Oct. 19 ...... 438 , Ischyrion, Dec. 22 ...... 517 Sept. 13 ...... 379 Isidore the Farmer, , Mar. 30 . . 128 May 15 ...... 192 , Dec. 14 . 508 , Apr. 4 . . 135 John Damascene, Dec. 4 . 497 Ita (Ida), Jan. 15 ...... 33 , Aug. 19 . . . . 346 , June 22 . . . . 249 , Dec. 20 ...... 514 John of , Mar. 8 . . . . . 97 James the Greater, July 25 307 John Gualbert, July 12 . . . 285 James the Less, May 3 . . 176 John Ingram, Bl., July 24 . 305 James of the March, John Joseph of the Cross, Nov. 28 ...... 489 Mar. 5 ...... 93 , John of Kanty, Dec. 23 . . . 518 Aug. 18 ...... 344 John Lateran, Dedication Januarius, Sept. 19 . . . . . 388 of, Nov. 9 ...... 466 , Sept. 30 ...... 406 John Leonardi, Oct. 9 . . . . 423 Jerome Emiliani, Feb. 8 . . 65 John Nepomucene, Joachim, July 26 ...... 309 May 16 ...... 195 , May 30 . . . . . 216 John Nepomucene Neu- John I, May 18 ...... 198 mann, Jan. 5 ...... 20 , Dec. 27 523 , , Be- June 16 ...... 240 heading of, Aug. 29 . . . 360 John Vianney, Aug. 4 . . . . 322 Birth, June 24 ...... 253 Josaphat, Nov. 12 ...... 470 John Baptist dei Rossi, Joseph, Mar. 19 ...... 112 May 23 ...... 205 the Worker, May 1 . . . . 173 11 CONTENTS Joseph of Arimathea, Luke, Oct. 18 ...... 436 Mar. 29 ...... 127 Lydia, Aug. 3 ...... 321 Joseph Calasanz, Aug. 25 354 Joseph of Cupertino, Macarius, Mar. 10 ...... 100 Sept. 18 ...... 386 Marcellinus, Apr. 20 . . . . . 157 Juan Diego, Bl., Marcellinus, June 2 . . . . . 221 Dec. 9 ...... 502 Marcellinus of Carthage, Jude, Oct. 28 ...... 450 Apr. 6 ...... 139 Julia Billiart, Apr. 8 ...... 141 Marcellus, Jan. 16 ...... 34 Julius, Apr. 12 ...... 147 Marcellus the Centurion, Junipero Serra, Bl., Oct. 30 ...... 453 July 1 ...... 266 , Justin, June 1 ...... 220 Oct. 16 ...... 432 Jutta, May 5 ...... 180 Margaret Clitherow, Mar. 26 ...... 124 , Bl., Margaret of Scotland, July 14 ...... 290 Nov. 16 ...... 475 Katharine Drexel, Bl., , July 6 . . . . . 275 Mar. 3 ...... 89 Marie Bernadette Soubi- rous, Feb. 18 ...... 74 Landericus, June 10 . . . . . 231 Marie Rose Durocher, Bl., Lawrence, Aug. 10 ...... 331 Oct. 6 ...... 417 , Mark, Apr. 25 ...... 164 July 21 ...... 300 Martha, July 29 ...... 313 Lawrence Ruiz and Martin, I, Apr. 13 ...... 149 Companions, Sept. 28 . 401 , Nov. 3 . 459 Lea, Mar. 22 ...... 116 Martin of Tours, Nov. 11 . 468 Leo the Great, Nov. 10 . . . 467 Mary Liliosa, July 27 ...... 311 Annunciation of, Louis, Aug. 25 ...... 353 Mar. 25 ...... 121 Louis Mary Grignion Assumption of, Aug. 15 339 de Montfort, Apr. 28 . . . 169 Birth of, Sept. 8 ...... 373 Louise de Marillac, Mar. 15 106 Dedication of Mary of Lourdes, Our Lady of, the Snows, Aug. 5 . . 324 Feb. 11 ...... 68 Immaculate Conception Lucy, Dec. 13 ...... 507 of, Dec. 8 ...... 501 CONTENTS 12 Mother of God, Solem- the Archangel, nity of, Jan. 1 ...... 15 Sept. 29 ...... 403 , Miguel Pro, Bl., Nov. 23 . . 485 Dec. 12 ...... 506 Monica, Aug. 27 ...... 357 , Narcissus, Oct. 29 ...... 451 Feb. 11 ...... 68 Nathalia, July 27 ...... 311 Our Lady of Mount Nereus, May 12 ...... 188 Carmel, July 16 . . . . 293 Nicholas of Flue, Mar. 21 . 115 Our Lady of the , Nicholas of Myra, Dec. 6 . 499 Oct. 7 ...... 420 Nicholas of Tolentine, , Sept. 10 ...... 376 Sept. 15 ...... 382 Nino, Dec. 15 ...... 509 Presentation of, Nov. 21 482 Norbert, June 6 ...... 226 Presentation of the Lord, Feb. 2 ...... 57 Olympias, Dec. 17 ...... 511 Queenship of, Aug. 22 . 350 Onesimus, Feb. 16 ...... 73 Oswald, Feb. 29 ...... 86 Visitation of, May 31 . . 218 , July 22 . 301 Pachomius, May 9 ...... 183 Mary Magdalen de Pacific of San Severino, Pazzi, May 25 ...... 210 Sept. 24 ...... 396 Mathilda, Mar. 14 ...... 104 Pancras, May 12 ...... 188 Mathilda (), Paschal Baylon, May 17 . 196 Nov. 19 ...... 480 Paternus, Apr. 15 ...... 151 Matthew, Sept. 21 ...... 391 Patrick, Mar. 17 ...... 108 Paul, June 29 ...... 260 Matthias, May 14 ...... 190 Conversion of, Jan. 25 . 46 , Aug. 14 337 Paul Chong Hasang and Maximinus of Trier, May 29 215 Companions, Sept. 20 . 390 Maximus, Apr. 14 ...... 150 Paul of the Cross, Oct. 20 440 Maximus, Nov. 27 ...... 488 and Companions, Mechtilde, Nov. 19 ...... 480 Feb. 6 ...... 63 Medard, June 8 ...... 228 Paulinus of Aquileia, Medericus, Aug. 29 . . . . . 362 Jan. 11 ...... 28 Methodius, Feb. 14 . . . . . 70 Paulinus of Nola, June 22 248 Methodius, June 14 . . . . . 237 Pelagia, Oct. 8 ...... 421 13 CONTENTS Perpetua, Mar. 7 ...... 95 Regina, Sept. 7 ...... 372 Peter, June 29 ...... 260 Richard, Apr. 3 ...... 133 Chair of, Feb. 22 . . . . . 79 Richard of , Feb. 7 . 64 Peter and Paul, Dedication Rita of Cascia, May 22 . . . 204 of Churches of, Robert of Bellarmine, Nov. 18 ...... 479 Sept. 17 ...... 385 , Dec. 21 . . 516 Robert of Newminster, , Apr. 28 . . . 168 June 7 ...... 227 , Roderick, Mar. 13 ...... 103 July 30 ...... 314 Rogatian, May 24 ...... 207 , Sept. 9 . . . . 374 Roger Dickenson, Bl., , Feb. 21 . . . 78 July 7 ...... 277 Peter Julian Eymard, Romanus, Feb. 28 ...... 85 Aug. 2 ...... 320 Romanus, Aug. 9 ...... 330 Peter, , June 2 . . . . 221 Romaric, Dec. 10 ...... 503 , May 3 . 176 Romuald, June 19 ...... 243 , May 26 ...... 211 Rosalia, Sept. 4 ...... 368 Pius V, Apr. 30 ...... 172 Rosary, Our Lady of the, Pius X, Aug. 21 ...... 349 Oct. 7 ...... 420 , Feb. 23 ...... 79 , Aug. 23 . . . 351 Pontian, Aug. 13 ...... 336 Rose Philippine Porphyrius, Feb. 26 . . . . . 83 Duchesne, Nov. 18 . . . 478 Presentation, Feb. 2 . . . . . 57 Rupert of Salzburg, Mar. 27 ...... 125 Presentation of Mary, Nov. 21 ...... 482 Salome, Oct. 22 ...... 443 Prosper of Reggio, Samson of Dol, July 28 . . 312 June 25 ...... 255 Saturninus, Nov. 29 . . . . . 491 Queenship of Mary, Saturninus and Compan- Aug. 22 ...... 350 ions, Feb. 12 ...... 68 Sava, Jan. 14 ...... 32 Ralph Milner, Bl., July 7 . . 277 Scholastica, Feb. 10 . . . . 66 the Archangel, Sebastian, Jan. 20 ...... 38 Sept. 29 ...... 403 Seven Founders of the Raymond of Penyafort, Order of Servites, Jan. 7 ...... 23 Feb. 17 ...... 74 CONTENTS 14 Sidonius, Nov. 14 ...... 473 Triumph of the Cross, Silverius, June 20 ...... 245 Sept. 14 ...... 381 Simon, Oct. 28 ...... 450 Turibius of Mogrovejo, Sixtus II and Companions, Mar. 23 ...... 118 Aug. 7 ...... 326 Solange, May 10 ...... 185 Ulric, July 10 ...... 282 Solemnity of Mary, Mother Urban V, Bl., Dec. 19 . . . . 513 of God, Jan. 1 ...... 15 Sorrows, Our Lady of, Valentine, Feb. 14 ...... 71 Sept. 15 ...... 382 Valerian, Apr. 14 ...... 150 Stanislaus, Apr. 11 ...... 145 Veronica, Feb. 4 ...... 61 Stephen, Dec. 26 ...... 522 , July 9 . 280 Stephen Harding, Apr. 17 153 Vincent de Paul, Stephen of Hungary, Sept. 27 ...... 399 Aug. 16 ...... 340 , Apr. 5 . . . . 137 Sylvester, Dec. 31 ...... 528 Vincent Pallotti, Jan. 22 . . 42 Sylvia, Nov. 5 ...... 462 Vincent of Saragossa, Jan. 22 ...... 41 Tarasius, Feb. 25 ...... 82 Visitation of the Blessed Theophanes the Chroni- Mary, May 31 . . . 218 cler, Mar. 12 ...... 102 Volusian, Jan. 18 ...... 36 Teresa of Avila, Oct. 15 . . 430 Theresa of the Child , Wenceslaus, Sept. 28 . . . 402 Oct. 1 ...... 408 , Oct. 12 ...... 426 , William, Jan. 10 ...... 27 July 3 ...... 269 Wolfgang, Oct. 31 ...... 454 , Jan. 28 50 Wulfran, Mar. 20 ...... 114 , Dec. 29 . 525 Wulstan, Jan. 19 ...... 37 , June 22 . . 249 , Yves, May 19 ...... 199 Sept. 22 ...... 393 Tiburtius, Apr. 14 ...... 150 Zita, Apr. 27 ...... 166 Timothy, Jan. 26 ...... 47 Titus, Jan. 26 ...... 47 Transfiguration, Aug. 6 . . . 325 19 St. Elizabeth Ann Seton JAN. 4 ST. ELIZABETH ANN SETON, Widow January 4 LIZABETH SETON was born in 1774, of Ea wealthy and distinguished Episcopalian family, probably at Trinity Church in New York, and was a faithful, fervent adherent of the Epis - copal Church until her conversion to Catholi - cism. In 1794, Elizabeth married William Seton, and they reared five children in the midst of suffering and sickness. Elizabeth and her sick husband traveled to Leghorn, , and there William died. While in Italy, Elizabeth became ac - quainted with Catholicism and in 1805 she made her Profession of Faith in the . She established her first Catholic school in Baltimore in 1808; in 1809 she established a reli - gious community in Emmitsburg, Maryland. Mother Seton saw her small community of teaching sisters grow and expand from Emmits - burg (1809) to New York (1814), Cincinnati (1829), Halifax (1849), New Jersey (1859), Greensburg (1870), and St. Louis (1909). She died on January 4, 1821. She was beatified in 1963 and canonized on September 14, 1975 by Paul VI. PRAYER God, You raised up St. Elizabeth in Your Church so that she might instruct others in the way of salvation. Grant us so to follow Christ after her example that we may reach You in the company of our brothers. Amen. JAN. 5 St. John Nepomucene Neumann 20 ST. JOHN NEPOMUCENE NEUMANN, January 5 OHN NEUMANN was born in Bohemia on JMarch 28, 1811. Since he had a great desire to dedicate himself to the American missions, he came to the United States as a cleric and was or - dained in New York in 1836 by Bishop Dubois. On January 16, 1842, he made his profession as a Redemptorist, the first to do so in America. He labored in Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Maryland. In 1852, he was consecrated Bishop of Philadelphia. There he worked hard for the establishment of parish schools and for the erection of many parishes, especially national parishes for the nu - merous immigrants. He was also the first Bishop of the United States to prescribe the Forty Hours Devotion in his diocese. Bishop Neumann died on January 5, 1860, and was canonized on June 19, 1977 by Pope Paul VI. PRAYER God, Light and Shepherd of souls, You established Blessed John as Bishop in Your Church to feed Your flock by his word and form it by his example. Help us through his interces - sion to keep the Faith he taught by his word and follow the way he showed by his example. Amen. ST. JOSEPH, Husband of Mary

March 19— Patron of the Universal Church T. JOSEPH, the pure spouse of the Blessed SVirgin Mary and foster-father of our Blessed Lord, was descended from the royal house of . He is the “just man” of the New Testa - ment, the lowly village carpenter of Nazareth, who among all men of the world was the one chosen by God to be the husband and protector of the Virgin Mother of Jesus Christ, God Incar - nate. To his faithful, loving care was entrusted the childhood and youth of the Redeemer of the world. After the Mother of God, not one of the chil - dren of men was ever so gifted and adorned with 112 113 St. Joseph MARCH 19 natural and virtues as was St. Joseph, her spouse. In purity of heart, in chastity of life, in humility, patience, fortitude, gentleness, and manliness of character, he reveals to us the perfect type and model of the true Christian. Poor and obscure in this world’s possessions and honors, he was rich in grace and merit, and eminent before God in the nobility and beauty of holiness. Because St. Joseph was the representa - tive of the Eternal Father on earth, the divinely appointed head of the Holy Family, which was the beginning of the great Family of God, the Church of Christ, on December 8, 1870, the Vicar of Jesus Christ, Pope Pius IX, solemnly pro - claimed the foster-father of Jesus as Patron of the Universal Church, and from that time his feast has been celebrated on March 19 as one of high rank. In some places it is observed as a holy day of obligation. Devotion to St. Joseph, fervent in the East from the early ages, has in later times spread and increased in such a marvelous way that in our day the Catholics of all nations vie with one another in honoring him. Besides the feast of March 19 there is another feast, that of St. Joseph the Worker, Spouse of the Blessed Virgin Mary (May 1). Promulgated in 1955, it replaced the older “Solemnity of St. Joseph” which had been celebrated since 1847—first as the “Patron - age of St. Joseph” on the third Sunday after Easter and after 1913 as the “Solemnity of St. MARCH 20 St. Wulfran 114 Joseph” on the Wednesday before the third Sun - day after Easter. John XXIII inserted the name of St. Joseph in the Roman Canon or Eucharistic Prayer I. From his throne of glory in heaven, St. Joseph watches over and protects the Church militant, and no one who calls on him in need ever calls in vain. He is the model of a perfect Christian life and the patron of a happy death. His patronage extends over the Mystical Body of Christ, over the Christian family, the Christian school, and all individuals who in their need appeal to his and powerful intercession, especially in the hour of death; for he who, when dying, re - ceived the affectionate ministry of his foster-Son, Jesus, and his Virgin spouse, Mary, may well be trusted to obtain for us the mercy of God and the grace of a peaceful and holy death. PRAYER Almighty God, You entrusted to the faithful care of Joseph the beginnings of the mys - teries of man’s salvation. Through his interces - sion may Your Church always be faithful in her service so that Your designs will be fulfilled. Amen.

ST. WULFRAN, Bishop March 20 HE father of this was an officer of King TDagobert. St. Wulfran spent some years in the court of King Clotaire III, practicing virtue in spite of the seductions of the world.